Developed in partnership between AERO and Ochre Education, these lesson resources support the use of effective, evidence-based practices and address the learning expected in the Australian Curriculum. An exemplar unit plan provides guidance on the structure, sequence and decision-making made during the planning process.
This sequence of five lessons unpacks the features of a ballad using Banjo Patterson’s ‘Mulga Bill’s Bicycle’. Students are guided through the process of analysing a poem before using it as a model to create a version of their own.
Lesson 1 Mulga Bill’s Bicycle: Banjo Paterson and transport in the 1890s
www.edresearch.edu.au/guides-resources/ochre-resources/year-4-english-unit-2-lessonA discussion of the author and era of 'Mulga Bill’s Bicycle'.
Lesson 2 Mulga Bill’s Bicycle: Read and analyse the poem
www.edresearch.edu.au/guides-resources/ochre-resources/year-4-english-unit-2-lesson-2Students will engage with the poem and practise some techniques for understanding tricky vocabulary.
Lesson 3 Mulga Bill’s Bicycle: Analyse a character
www.edresearch.edu.au/guides-resources/ochre-resources/year-4-english-unit-2-lesson-3Students will analyse the character of Mulga Bill.
Lesson 4 Mulga Bill’s Bicycle: Answer questions on the text
www.edresearch.edu.au/guides-resources/ochre-resources/year-4-english-unit-2-lesson-4Students will analyse the poem using text and pictures.
Lesson 5 Mulga Bill’s Bicycle: Write a poem in the style of Mulga Bill’s Bicycle
www.edresearch.edu.au/guides-resources/ochre-resources/year-4-english-unit-2-lesson-5Students will write their own poem about using an unfamiliar model.